Kirtland Temple

I was reading this morning about the dedication of the Kirlland Temple. When we were in Kirlland I found that from the first glimpse of the temple my heart was touched. 

The Saints worked and sacrificed so hard to build this House of the Lord. There is no doubt in my mind that the Lord accepted this as His own. 

I laid my hand flat on the wall and could feel the light. It was closed because of the Corona virus, but the Spirit testified to me that it was a House of God. 

What a week

I stayed home to test again on Monday. It was negative, which means I can still get it. I did have something and still have some serious congestion.  I went to the local pharmacy to pick up some Musinic and found the shelves to be mostly empty.  I'm not alone. 

They shut down my school on Tuesday.  Too many teachers out, not enough subs. We go back to work tomorrow. 

Wes went back to work Tuesday.  It was probably too early. He still has a cough. 

It's been a long two weeks. Lots of feelings about the way Idaho handles or doesn't handle this mess. School districts that are clueless and people with little to no brains leading us. 

The virus I had was not fun. I don't want the real one. Social Distancing and masking for the win. 

Celebrating a birthday. Great ice cream in the little town of Buhl Idaho. Clover ice cream and country roads. 

Be safe.

Delta Variant

Wes tested  positive for Covid on Monday.  Callie, who was here on Sunday, tested positive on Saturday.  I have symptoms,  but tested negative yesterday.  They asked me to test again today. We are all vaccinated and can all be thankful that we will have anti- bodies for 90 days. 

It is crazy in Southern Idaho.  You can only test with symptoms.  The amount of cases is crazy big. And no one is wearing a mask or staying home.

Wes had a hard week. Can't imagine how it would be if he hadn't been vaccinated. Callie sounds like she has a bad cold.

Stay away from people right now. You just don't know what you will pick up.

The Beginning of a New Year

It's a new school year. We are going full throttle with no Covid restrictions.  It's not that we have great Covid numbers. Actually,  we have Great, Big, Covid numbers and kids are getting sick this year. Our school board has chosen to forgo any Covid restrictions. 

Should be interesting. 

I have a nice class if 17.  I know, what happened to our kids? It's called a housing crisis. Turns out, the incredibly high housing cost + lack of affordable housing hurts the poorest population.  A lot of our families have had to move to other areas to live with other families.  

Hoping for a good year.

The self portraits are always interesting.